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[Dixonary] Round 2873 time to vote for MELGREAVE
A rather short list this time. Please vote for your 2 favorite defs of
MELGREAVE no later than 9 AM EST, Thursday February 22. 1. a porpoise of the South Atlantic. 2. negligence or undue delay in fulfilling legal duty. 3. a botannical term for a plant that cannot reproduce itself. 4. a piece of armor covering the knee. 5. chain mail for the shoulders and neck. 6. Edward Prince of Wales 1330-1376; (the Black Prince) in his role of Border Guardian of the Welsh Marches and later of Gascony and Acquitaine. [the derivation is contested: _mel_= 'black + margrave'; or it is possibly merely 'black+ greave' because his armor was black - some historians think that he was given the name 'the black prince' ,because of the color of his armor, only after his death but this usage suggest that it was earlier than that: possibly as early as 1343 when he became Prince of Wales] 7. an upholstered armchair. 8. quicksand. 9. a court officer ranking above a bailiff. 10. a wooden frame used to confine a horse being shod. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. |